Canadian researchers from the University of Manitoba have
found that coating condoms with silver nanoparticles gives them remarkable
infection-fighting qualities against HIV and the Herpes simplex virus in
laboratory experiments.

In a clinical
study published in the International
Journal of Nanomedicine in 2012, the Canadian researchers explain that
coating condoms with silver nanoparticles completely inactivated the
infectivity of both HIV and Herpes simplex.

What’s more, the nanosilver-coated condoms inhibited the
growth of bacterial and fungal microbes, as well.

The study authors stated, in part:

“Recent
research suggests that today's condoms are only 85% effective in preventing
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

In
response, there has been a push to develop more effective ways of decreasing
the spread of the disease.

The
new nanotechnology-based condom holds the promise of being more potent than the
first-generation products.

The
preliminary goal of this study was to develop a silver nanoparticles-coated
polyurethane condom (PUC) and to investigate its antimicrobial potential
including the inactivation of HIV and herpes simplex virus (HSV)
infectiousness…

So the researchers were looking for a way to increase the
effectiveness of regular condoms (i.e., “first generation products”) against
disease transmission, in particular, against the transmission of HIV and the Herpes
simplex virus.

What Did the
Researchers Discover?

But what did they find?

“…our
results demonstrated that the contact of the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom
with HIV-1 and HSV-1/2 was able to efficiently inactivate their infectiousness…

Furthermore,
we also showed that the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom was able to inhibit the
growth of bacteria and fungi.

These
results demonstrated that the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom is able to
directly inactivate the microbe's infectious ability and provides another
defense line against these sexually transmitted microbial infections…

“Some
condoms are now treated with an anti-microbial substance, called Nonoxynol-9.

Recent
studies, though, have shown that N-9 can trigger inflammation and ulceration in
the genitals, actually making infection more likely.

The
silver nanoparticles do not cause inflammation.”

So the silver nanoparticle-coated condoms not only proved to
be non-toxic, but had no other deleterious side effects, as well.

Tiny Particles Work
Best!

According to the researchers, the secret to silver’s
effectiveness against HIV and the Herpes simplex virus is in the size of the
silver particles.

“When silver is turned into nano-sized bits, it seems to
become more effective at combating bacteria and viruses,” said Dr. Xiaojian
Yao, lead author of the study.

“At such nanoscale, the extremely small size of silver
particles exhibits remarkable, unusual physio-chemical properties and biolgical
activity,” he said.

Learn More…

Of course, it’s been known for decades that silver
inactivates the ability of certain viruses to replicate.

For further documentation, see the Colloidal Silver Kills
Viruses website, which contains a good overview of many of the studies
demonstrating silver’s effectiveness against viruses.

Also, see my previous article on Colloidal
Silver and Shingles, which sets forth the evidence for silver’s
effectiveness against the herpes zoster virus.

To learn why smaller silver particles are always best when
fighting infectious illness and disease, see the section titled “What’s So
Darned Important About Silver Particle Size?” in the article at this
link.

And if you’re interested in learning how to make your own
high-quality micro-particle colloidal
silver -- quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacyof your own home, and for less than 36 cents per quart -- just click the link in this
sentence.

Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on
colloidal silver….

Important Note and
Disclaimer: The contents of this Ezine have not been
evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and
reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and
reliability thereof. The author, Steve
Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience
writing professionally about natural health topics. He is not
a doctor. Therefore, nothing stated in
this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of
this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical
advice. Nothing reported herein is
intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The author is simply reporting in
journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of
journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage. Therefore, the information and data presented
should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with
caution. Readers should verify for
themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources
such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas,
conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein. All important health care decisions should be
made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and
experienced health care professional.
Readers are solely responsible for their choices. The author and publisher disclaim
responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred
as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine.

Monday, August 18, 2014

The Ebola scare
continues, and now nanosilver is being touted by Dr. Rima Laibow as the one and
only “cure” for the dread virus.

But as I pointed out
in my previous two articles on this subject, there’s no clinical proof
nanosilver “cures” Ebola. In other
words, in lab studies, there’s never been a single human being cured of
Ebola by nanosilver.

What does exist
is a published presentation from a division of the Department of Defense
demonstrating that in a test tube cell culture study, hemorrhagic fever viruses
like the Ebola virus couldn’t replicate inside those cells when they were
pre-inoculated with nanosilver.

In my previous two
articles, I explained in detail why this means it can only be extrapolated
that colloidal silver *might* be helpful against Ebola, but it could not be
surmised by any stretch of the imagination that colloidal silver is a “cure”
for Ebola.

Now, Dr. Rima, of the
Natural Solutions Foundation, has issued a video proclamation claiming that Americans
are “only a plane flight away from a cataclysm,” but that her particular brand
of nanosilver is the sure-fire “cure” for Ebola.

I really used to like Dr. Rima. But honestly, since the so-called "Ebola
crisis" has taken place, and she issued her video proclamation claiming
nanosilver is the sure-fire “cure” for Ebola, I've lost a lot of respect for
her.

She begins her sensationalistic video,
titled “Urgent Message to Ebola-Stricken Nations’ Heads of State,” with the
statement that "Ebola is surging
across West Africa."

That's ridiculous, of course.

As I pointed out in my article "Ebola Mania: Round II", the population of West
Africa is 250 million people. In this
most recent outbreak, they've had something like 1700 cases of Ebola over the
course of five or six months. And about 900 deaths.

While that's certainly tragic, it can hardly be
characterized as a disease that’s "surging across West Africa." So you have to be careful about getting
mesmerized by people's sensationalistic verbiage.

Only 57 Deaths a
Year, On Average

As I’ve pointed out previously, if you take all of the Ebola
deaths since the very first Ebola outbreak in 1976, there have only been an
average of 57 deaths a year.

Again, that’s out of a population of 250 million people.

Consider that in comparison to the fact that here in the
U.S. somewhere between 3,000 and 40,000 people per year die of the flu.

Now that’s a
tragedy.

But we don't hear anybody's knees knocking together in abject
fear over it. We don’t hear anyone
saying the flu is “surging across America” and threatening the world.

Indeed, while the official CDC numbers demonstrate that a minimum of 114,000 Americans have died
of the flu over the past 38 years, only 2,166 people have died of Ebola in the entire world, in that same
time-span.

So I urge readers to please keep things in proper perspective,
and don't let people like Dr. Rima scare the living bejabbers out of you.

Scary Nonsense v/s
the Truth

Dr. Rima then goes on to say "The fact is, we are all one plane ride away from a cataclysm."

Really? Again, it’s
just a bunch of sensationalistic nonsense.

As I pointed out in my article “Ebola Mania: Round II,” even if Ebola were to come to this
country, there would still be more
flu deaths each year than Ebola deaths.

It’s important to understand that in West Africa, where this
Ebola virus is said to be “raging,” large swathes of the population have been absolutely
devastated for decades by grinding poverty, chronic sickness, chronic ongoing warfare,
famine, drought, contaminated drinking water, chemical contamination and more.

You know this is true.
You’ve seen the pictures of the famine-stricken West Africans on TV,
with the outline of their rib cages protruding from their skin.

So the problem isn't Ebola.
Instead, it's the horrific living conditions the people have been
enduring for years on end – conditions that make it easier for such a rare
virus to infect people.

Unlike West Africa, the U.S. does not have large parts of its population decimated by constant local warfare,
grinding poverty, ongoing famine and drought, contaminated drinking water
etc.

We don't drink our water out of a stream running by our
village where everybody also pees or defecates into the same water each
day.

In other words, it's the completely opposite situation here in the U.S., compared to the areas of West
Africa where Ebola is said to be “raging.”

So the notion that Ebola is going to come here on a plane,
start spreading through the population of the United States and wreak deadly unstoppable
havoc on this country, killing every one of us unless we have nanosilver, is just
plain ludicrous.

Pimping a Product

In her video, Dr. Rima goes on to say that nanosilver “Does kill every pathogen against which it
has been tested, world-wide, without exception.”

Wow. “Without
exception.”

Then she states that nanosilver is “unlimited in its effectiveness.”

Both statements, of course, are utter nonsense. After all, while colloidal silver has been
demonstrated in numerous clinical studies to be wonderfully effective against numerous
infectious microorganisms, anyone who’s used it for any significant amount of
time – in any form, including
nanosilver -- knows that there are times it
just doesn't work.

Indeed, clinical studies going back 60 or 80 years, and all
of the way forward to today, demonstrate there are a number of pathogens that
are silver-resistant.

So silver is amazingly effective against many kinds of infections. But it’s not “God.” It can’t stop every infection on the face of
the earth.

So why not just tell the truth? Why make such broad, sensationalistic claims
that simply can’t be backed up with facts?

I’ll tell you why: Because
Dr. Rima is selling. She’s not educating. She’s not informing. She’s pimping a product.

Now everybody reading this article knows my company, The
Silver Edge, sells the Micro-Particle
Colloidal Silver Generator, which allows you to make your own high-quality
colloidal silver for about one cent per
ounce, instead of paying exorbitant health food store prices of $7 to $8 an
ounce.

So you can easily say, “Well, Steve, you’re pimping a product too.”

And that’s true,
except for one thing…unlike Dr. Rima, I’m NOT claiming colloidal silver to be
the “cure” for Ebola in order to sell my product.

And I’m not making broad, sweeping claims that colloidal
silver kills “every pathogen against which it’s been tested, without exception.”

And finally, I’m not claiming that an Ebola apocalypse is
“just one plane ride away” from taking place in this country.

Indeed, rather than trying to scare the jeepers creepers out
of everybody in order to sell my company’s product, I candidly set forth the
facts in my original article, “Colloidal
Silver and the Ebola Hysteria.”

In those two articles, I carefully explained that the Ebola hysteria was
nothing more than pure, manufactured hype designed to frighten the population
of the western world into demanding a government solution to threat that, to
date, is non-existent here.

And I explained that the end – should we fall for the
hysteria – would be further loss of our Constitutional rights and liberties, as
the federal government implements more and more new regulations to control
their populations under the guise of fighting a supposed “medical emergency.”

I demonstrated through official Centers for Disease Control
numbers that the Ebola “crisis” was being vastly overblown, with an average of
only 57 people per year dying over a period of 38 years since Ebola was first discovered,
in a population of some 250 million people in West Africa.

And I showed, by comparison, that the flu kills far more
people every single year, than Ebola, and that MRSA and other
antibioitic-resistant “superbug” infections kill far more people every single year than Ebola ever has in
its entire history.

The DOD Nanosilver
Study

And at the ends of both
of those articles, I revealed the results of a clinical study conducted by
researchers at a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on using
nanosilver against hemorrhagic fever viruses like Ebola.

In fact, I posted a link to the original DOD presentation
about the study (which you can see, here)
– which I've had posted to my website for several years.

And most importantly, I pointed out that this was a
laboratory study on cell cultures (i.e.,
a test tube study) and NOT a human study.

I further explained that you can’t take this laboratory study and leap to the conclusion that
colloidal silver is the “cure” for Ebola.

At most, all you can do is extrapolate from the study that
since nanosilver stopped the Ebola virus (and several other hemorrhagic fever
viruses) from replicating in cell cultures under laboratory conditions, it just
*might* work, too, under real-life conditions, but that this remains to be proven.

I also pointed out that the study demonstrated several
important things that have to be taken into account:

For example, the nanosilver did not work well in already-infected cells.

That’s right. The
cells had to be pre-treated with
nanosilver, and afterwards, when the cells were infected with the Ebola virus,
the silver indeed appeared to inhibit the virus from replicating, according to
the DOD presentation.

I further pointed out that, extrapolating from this test tube
lab study, should Ebola actually ever come to this country and present a threat
it would appear your chances against infection would be better if you were already using silver than if you started
using it after coming into contact with an infected individual.

But again, that’s just speculation. There’s not yet proof that colloidal silver
would work against Ebola in the human body.

Do you see the difference?

Lost Respect

In my opinion, Dr. Rima is blowing the DOD study out of all proportion,
making blanket statements for silver’s effectiveness against Ebola that just
can’t be backed up with the facts.

She apparently also took a copy of the DOD presentation on
nanosilver, and photoshopped her contact information into it, which has led
many people to believe her Natural Solutions Foundation had something to do
with the DOD-sponsored study.

But again, on my website you can view the full, original
copy of the DOD presentation on nanosilver and hemorrhagic fever viruses, and
you’ll see that Dr. Rima’s contact info does not appear anywhere on it.

So at this point I've lost a lot of respect for Dr.
Rima.

As a businessman I have nothing against a person selling
their product. If you've got something
good, then sell the heck out of it, and be proud
of it.

But when the sales pitch becomes so ostentatious and
sensationalistic that the claims begin to border on fantasy (in my opinion), it
should probably be ignored.

Now what about my
company’s product? Shouldn’t I be doing
the same thing Dr. Rima is doing, and jump on the Ebola hysteria bandwagon?

No. First and
foremost I’m a journalist. I’ve been a
journalist long before I ever became a businessman. And I’m trying to set forth the facts,
journalistically, as best I see them.

And the facts at this point, in my opinion, do not warrant anybody going out of their
mind with fear over Ebola. And they
don’t warrant everyone stocking up on nanosilver, or any other form of
colloidal silver, out of fear of Ebola.

There are plenty of good reasons to use colloidal silver as
a nutritional supplement. And if you
like to use colloidal silver, that’s great.
So do I. And if you like to learn more about colloidal
silver’s effectiveness against pathogens, that’s great too. So do I.

Indeed, for over 20 years now I've spent an inordinate amount
of time doing just that, resulting in the publication of my 547-page book on
colloidal silver, The Ultimate Colloidal
Silver Manual.

But let’s do our best to keep the facts straight and not end
up floating in the clouds with no factual foundation under our feet. Because the crash could be horrendous if we
don’t.

When we cross the line from stating the facts to claiming
cures that have never been proven for something like Ebola, we invite the
medical bureaucrats in. And that's when the “wrath
of Khan” begins, if you get my meaning.

New York Times Takes on
Dr. Rima

The New York Times
has now warned
that “Panic over Ebola has the makers of
dietary supplements aggressively targeting Africans, claiming to have a cure
for the lethal virus.”

What’s more, according to the Times:

“…both the World Health
Organization and the United States Food and Drug Administration issued strong
warnings about false Ebola cures.

The latter threatened American
companies with penalties if they continue making such claims.”

The Times goes on to point out that:

“…an unidentified Nigerian
scientist living overseas had arranged for Nigeria to get a different
experimental medicine, according to Nigerian news outlets.

…They identified it as NanoSilver,
a supplement offered by the Natural Solutions Foundation, which said that it
contains microscopic silver particles, although, as a food supplement, it is
not tested by regulatory agencies…

She also claimed to have addressed
47 African health ministers at a 2007 conference and to be in touch with ‘West
African governments and their advisers.’

Dr. Laibow could not be reached for
comment.

On Friday afternoon, after The New
York Times emailed her a series of questions, two of her websites briefly
became unavailable, then reappeared with headlines saying they were ‘under
attack’ and directing readers to other sites selling a different product,
Silver Solution.”

A WHO spokesman went on to say that nanosilver was “an example
of the type of product” being referred to by WHO assistant director general Dr.
Marie-Paule Kieny, when she warned against bringing “any crazy idea that people
have” over to Africa to test on Ebola victims.

My comments:

While I strongly
disagree with the contention that testing nanosilver is a “crazy idea” (for I
believe the DOD study on nanosilver and hemorrhagic fever viruses makes it a
legitimate idea for further clinical testing), I hope you can see how Dr. Rima’s
exaggerated claims in her over-sensationalistic video have now placed silver in
the gun sights of the medical bureaucrats, potentially destroying any chance of
it ever being further tested against this dread disease.

When we start making wild, broad-based claims that simply
can’t be substantiated, it’s going to bring the medical bureaucrats into the
fray, whose sole job is to protect the interests of the medical monopoly.

Now please don’t misconstrue my words.I’m most definitely not against the idea of using nanosilver, or ionic silver, or any
other form of colloidal silver, to help stop Ebola.

I think that idea should be looked at carefully, and tried under clinical conditions.

I also believe any Ebola victim should be able to use colloidal silver on their own accord, if they want to. I know I would were I to ever end up with an Ebola infection.

But what I am against is using rank
sensationalism to manipulate people through fear.

In this age of strange diseases in which we now live, there
are certainly times to be afraid. But there
are also times to see through the fear
being promulgated by people for nefarious purposes.

I still believe the so-called “Ebola crisis” is being
promulgated by the government/news media axis for the sole purpose of getting
new regulations on the books that will rob us of what few Constitutional rights
we have left, under the guise of a “medical crisis.”

And because of that, I, for one, simply won’t participate in
all of the fear-mongering.

I’ll add that I do agree with Mike Adams, from
NaturalNews.com, who in a recent article discussing the nanosilver/FDA/Ebola/Dr.
Laibow debacle has demanded
“freedom of choice for Ebola victims who want to try experimental medicines
from all realms” – meaning not just the pharmaceutical medications but natural
substances such as nanosilver and others that might work as well.

Adams points out that while the medical bureaucrats are
essentially declaring war on nanosilver by denouncing it as a “bogus cure,” they
are readying their own unproven, toxic vaccines and drugs to experiment on
Ebola victims.

He is correct, of course.
As I stated above, the job of the medical bureaucrats is, above all
other things, to protect the medical monopoly.

Sticking to the Facts

Okay, folks…you asked for it, and now you have it. That’s my opinion, based on the available
science. And I’m sticking to it until
bona-fide, independent clinical researchers with no axe to grind prove
differently.

And I pray this indeed actually happens at some point; no one would be more happy than me to see silver be clinically proven to
work against Ebola in humans.

Meanwhile, I’m sure I’ll have to take some flack over this, for not
falling in line with the current Ebola hysteria and for not joining in with the
“nanosilver cures Ebola” crowd.

But I've taken flack before for standing up for the facts as I best understand them.

Indeed, anyone who’s been reading my articles for any length of
time knows I’m one of the world’s biggest proponents of the responsible usage
of colloidal silver, and that I've advocated for, and defended colloidal silver against
its many naysayers time
after time
after time
after time.

If you’d like to read more of my articles on colloidal
silver, just go to the Colloidal
Silver Update page on TheSilverEdge.com website.

Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on
colloidal silver…

Important Note and
Disclaimer: The contents of this Ezine have not been
evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and
reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and
reliability thereof. The author, Steve
Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience
writing professionally about natural health topics. He is not
a doctor. Therefore, nothing stated in
this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of
this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical
advice. Nothing reported herein is
intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The author is simply reporting in
journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of
journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage. Therefore, the information and data presented
should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with
caution. Readers should verify for
themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources
such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas,
conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein. All important health care decisions should be
made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and
experienced health care professional.
Readers are solely responsible for their choices. The author and publisher disclaim
responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred
as a result of the use or application of any information included in this
Ezine.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

In the midst of the
so-called “Ebola crisis,” some people on the internet are claiming that
colloidal silver has no effectiveness whatsoever against viruses.

Of course, you’d think
if colloidal silver were indeed effective against viruses, there’d be plenty of
clinical studies backing it up, right?

Well, there are. Lots of them. And I’ve posted links to over a dozen of them
below, so you can pass them along to your friends when they read the nonsense
on the internet and try to tell you silver has no effect whatsoever against
viruses.

Here’s what you need
to know, if you’d like to help set the record straight…

A gentleman calling himself “Jim Stone Freelance Journalist”
has made quite a splash on the internet over the last few weeks, ever since the
so-called “Ebola crisis” started.

He states that while colloidal silver is “great stuff,” it
has no effects whatsoever against viruses.

Therefore, he concludes that “a HUGE psy op is underway” and that its purpose is to “fake colloidal silver as a cure for viruses.”

He goes on to say that “…colloidal
silver will do nothing against viruses, and huge lies are being hatched right
now to misguide people to a false Ebola cure and the alternative media is
lapping it up.”

Stone further asserts that colloidal silver readily “binds
with oxygen carriers in bacteria” which has the result of “causing bacteria to
quickly die from oxygen starvation.”

But, he warns, “viruses have no metabolic process which require
an oxygen carrier, and therefore colloidal silver will be completely
ineffective against Ebola.”

Finally, he warns, “Do
not let the misinformed in the alternative media fool you by saying colloidal
silver is effective against viruses in any way.”

“Bowel Tolerance”

Stone goes on to say that the actual “cure for Ebola” has been
passed along to him by an “anonymous doctor.”
And that it’s Vitamin C – extremely
large doses of Vitamin C up to 500,000 mg. per day “to reach bowel tolerance.”

Uh…first of all, I GUARANTEE you that if you take 500,000
mg. of vitamin C in a single day, you’re going to reach “bowel tolerance” rather
quickly.

In fact, you’ll be lucky if you have anything left in your
bowels at all, as the resulting diarrhea would be rather horrendous.

And frankly, I’ve just about “reached bowel tolerance” myself,
with Mr. Stone’s wild claims. So maybe I
won’t need any vitamin C, at all this week.

Casting aside Mr. Stone’s recommendation for taking such
ungodly amounts of Vitamin C, and casting aside the fact that Mr. Stone’s
information comes from an “anonymous doctor,” I’ll deal here only with Mr.
Stone’s erroneous contention that colloidal silver is not effective against
viruses.

Numerous Clinical
Studies Showing

Colloidal Silver to
Be Effective Against Viruses

Here are just a few
of the studies you’ll find on the Clinical Studies page of TheSilverEdge.com
website, demonstrating close to 60 year’s worth of research into the
effectiveness of antimicrobial silver against a wide variety of viruses:

For those who might still not be convinced that colloidal
silver has repeatedly been demonstrated to be effective against viruses, you
might want to take a look at some of the documentation on the Colloidal Silver Kills
Viruses website.

All Wet

The bottom line is that these clinical studies and clinical
overviews clearly demonstrate that the contentions of “Jim Stone Freelance
Journalist” are pretty much all wet.

He claims that because colloidal silver works against pathogens
by smothering their respiration, it can’t kill viruses because viruses don't
have a respiratory system.

Sounds good. But it’s
lop-sided logic. It cleverly skips over
the fact that colloidal silver has a completely different mode of operation in
viruses, i.e., it penetrates the virus, attaches to its DNA and destroys its
ability to replicate. You can read more about that in my article “Silver
Prevents Replication of Viruses.”

The Real “Psy Ops” Campaign
is Ebola,

Not Colloidal Silver

Stone’s website claims the use of colloidal silver for Ebola
is a "psy op" (i.e., psychological operations campaign).

I can only ask, are all
of the above studies demonstrating silver’s effectiveness against viruses "psy
ops" campaigns as well?

The only "psy op" going on is the entire Ebola
scare, which is based on pure hysteria and gross sensationalism and which is
perpetuated by people on the internet selling fear.

As I stated in my original Colloidal
Silver and the Ebola Hysteria article, and again in my article Ebola Mania: Round II, this entire "Ebola crisis"
has been manufactured and designed specifically to allow the federal government
to sign into law more regulations allowing the detainment of American citizens
for any reason they want, under the guise of a "national health
emergency."

For a disease that has killed an average of only 57 people a
year, in a population of 250 million people, over a period of 38 years, to be
cast as an earth-shattering crisis that now threatens the entire world, is pure
nonsense.

But people will ignore the facts, and listen to the hysteria
being promulgated by the government/news media axis and their hysteria
machine.

And meanwhile, they’ll stock up on Vitamin C on the advice
of some mysterious “anonymous doctor.” And ignore the powerful antiviral
qualities of colloidal silver, because “Jim Stone Freelance Journalist” told
them to.

Back in 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in
conjunction with several other federal agencies quietly conducted clinical
research into the use of silver nanoparticles against Ebola and other
hemorrhagic fever viruses.

And what they found was astonishing. They
discovered that silver nanoparticles were highly effective against these deadly
viruses, including the Ebola virus.

They later presented their findings to federal health
regulators and other national health authorities. But it was all kept
top secret. The presentation was called “Silver Nanoparticles
Neutralize Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses.”

And the gist of the presentation was that silver
nanoparticles displayed “powerful neutralizing effects against hemorrhagic
fever viruses,” including Arenavirus and Filovirus (i.e., Ebola).

That clinical presentation, made to federal regulators and
national health authorities, was later summarized in a printed document,
de-classified, and cleared for public release.

What Researchers Discovered

The researchers tested silver nanoparticles of several
different sizes and concentrations on infected cells in vitro (meaning,
in the test tube).

And they concluded that silver nanoparticles were able to
neutralize hemorrhagic fever viruses inside the cells by “decreasing S segment
gene expression and concomitantly decreasing progeny virus production.”

Translation: Silver stops the Ebola virus and
related hemorrhagic fever viruses from replicating inside the cells. And
when there’s no viral replication inside the cells, there’s no spread of
infection!

The researchers had discovered the holy grail Ebola
treatments. But they also discovered that neutralization of the
virus by silver occurs during theearly phases of viral replication.

Therefore, they pointed out that for antimicrobial silver to
be effective against Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, the treatment
would have to be administered PRIOR to viral infection or at least within the
first few hours after initial exposure to the virus.

In other words, for antimicrobial silver to be effective,
an exposed person would need to have already been taking it, or at
the very least would have to start taking it within a few short hours of
exposure to an infected individual.

Another interesting thing the researchers discovered is that
while an enzymatic protein called Cathepsin B has been shown to play an
essential role in Ebola virus replication, silver nanoparticles work to
decrease cathepsin activity, thus further limiting viral replication in the
cell and subsequent spread of the virus to other cells.

And by far the most interesting thing the researchers
discovered (at least, to me) is that only very low concentrations
of silver nanoparticles were necessary to prevent replication of the virus.

Indeed, low concentrations of 10 ppm nanosilver appears to
have worked better than higher concentrations of 25 ppm or 50 ppm
nanosilver. This means there’s no need for overly high silver
concentrations.

What’s more, the smallest silver particles tested by the
researchers worked far better than the larger silver particles tested.

This demonstrates once more that the use of very
small silver particles is far more important than the “ppm” or
concentration of the colloidal silver solution one is using.

Simply put, smaller silver particles penetrate cells and
tissues easier, and are therefore better able to get to the point of infection
before the virus spreads.

Here's a
link to the printed version of the DOD clinical presentation, so you
can scroll through it and read it for yourself. It’s
technical. But if you take your time it’s relatively
understandable.

Thinking Out Loud:

Here’s What I’d Do in Case of Ebola

People have written to ask me, “Steve, how much colloidal
silver would you have to take in order to protect yourself from an Ebola
infection?”

And of course, the answer is, no one knows for sure. As
I mentioned, the DOD research discussed above was in vitro (i.e.,
laboratory test tube) research.

And while it demonstrated that very small particles of
silver at surprisingly low concentrations could stop the Ebola virus in
infected cells from replicating and spreading, it in no way gives us so much as
a clue as to how much colloidal silver a living human being would
have to take in order to achieve the same results.

Now I know that’s probably not what you want to hear. But
just as I refuse to join in with all of the doom-and-gloom hype about the
supposed coming worldwide Ebola apocalypse, in like manner I also refuse to
join in with those making blanket statements that colloidal silver is the sure-fire
“cure” for Ebola.

Under real-life conditions, it might, or might not prove
to be effective.

And if colloidal silver did prove to be
effective, the research seems to indicate it would depend upon getting the
right dose of very small silver particles into your body, early enough in the
infective process to stop viral replication.

Indeed, it appears that to have the very best chance
of protection, utilizing colloidal silver in small amounts on a daily basis
would be the way to go.

In other words, based on the DOD study, daily prophylactic
dosing with colloidal silver before exposure to the Ebola
virus would appear to provide better protection than dosing after exposure.

This is just one reason why I continue to take my usual
one-ounce per day dosage of colloidal silver, which is just about right for my
body weight.

But again, since there’s been no in vivo testing
that we know of (i.e., no testing of colloidal silver usage in a real-life
human being infected with Ebola) there’s simply no way to know for an absolute
certainty if regular oral use of colloidal silver would provide an adequate
amount of protection upon exposure to the Ebola virus.

Nebulizing Colloidal Silver

Some people have pointed out that in the event of exposure
to the Ebola virus, immediately nebulizing with colloidal silver (i.e.,
inhaling an atomized mist of colloidal silver into the lungs, using a device
called a medical nebulizer) would be a potentially effective way to get
colloidal silver into the bloodstream, cells and tissues of the human body
quickly and effectively.

And that’s a very good possibility. Why? Because
just about anything inhaled into the lungs has a far better chance of making it
into the bloodstream, cells and tissues of the body faster than oral
ingestion.

Indeed, were I to suspect that I’d just been exposed to a
person infected with Ebola, probably the first thing I’d do
would be to high-tail it back home, break out my medical nebulizer, fill the
little basin with very small particle size colloidal silver of 10 ppm
concentration, turn the machine on and inhale the colloidal silver mist into my
lungs for five or six minutes.

And I’d probably repeat the process every few hours for up
to five or six times.

(See “Using Colloidal
Silver With a Nebulizer” to learn what the experts say about nebulizing
colloidal silver, including a brief video demonstration of how easy it is to
use a medical nebulizer.)

After that, if the colloidal silver didn’t work, it would be
too late anyway, as the viral replication kicks into high gear after several
hours, and antimicrobial silver only works during the first few hours according
to the DOD report.

Now all of that is pure layman’s speculation on my part in
terms of what might work. I'm just talking off the top of my head. I'm
no doctor. And I'm not "prescribing" for anyone else, of
course.

After all, nobody’s ever had to do this
before. So use of oral doses of colloidal silver for Ebola is an
unknown factor in terms of knowing how much to use, how to use it effectively,
and when to use it.

But based on the DOD research, it would seem to me that
the key would be quick action utilizing 10 ppm colloidal silver with a very
small particle size, and getting it into the cells and tissues of the body as
quickly as possible.

Even more preferable, the research suggests, would be to
take a small amount of colloidal silver prophylactically (i.e., before the
fact), on a daily basis, so it’s already in the body in the event of exposure
to Ebola.

One More Interesting Thought

My good friend Skip W. wrote to say that if he were in an
area where Ebola virus outbreaks were taking place, one thing he’d do is wear a
protective face mask any time he had to go out into the public, such as to the
supermarket or mall.

I believe he’s talking about the white surgical face masks,
for example, like those you see doctors wearing in the surgical ward. These
light-weight surgical masks are often available on various survivalist-oriented
or “prepper” websites.

In fact, I just now went to Amazon.com, and using their
search engine I typed in the search terms “surgical face mask” and
“antimicrobial face mask.” Those two search terms brought up an
amazing array of such masks, at fairly reasonable prices.

Skip also pointed out that he’d saturate the mask on both
sides with a fine mist of colloidal silver and allow it to air dry before
putting it on to go out into the public.

And he said he’d also lightly spray his hands and face with
colloidal silver at the same time, and allow it to air dry, as well.

Skip explained “I'm asthmatic, and I've done this before as
a precautionary measure when going out into the public during flu outbreaks,
for example. I may look a bit strange but I seldom ever get the flu.”

Obviously, Skip is a forward thinker. And it’s
probably not a bad idea to take such precautions should the situation ever
truly warrant it. At this point in time, however, it does not.

In Conclusion

To sum up, at this point in time (August 2014) in the United
States the so-called “Ebola crisis” is the modern-day equivalent of
Shakespeare’s “Much ado about nothing.”

While Ebola is a very real danger should one become exposed
to the disease, the threat of exposure is not yet very realistic. In
fact, the threat is pretty much nil here in the U.S. where all
of the unnecessary panic is nevertheless taking place.

The only thing this manufactured panic will serve at this
point is the very real threat of the federal government stepping in and using
the panic to institute even greater restrictions on our fundamental freedoms
and liberties.

As Obama’s old mentor Rahm Emanuel so famously stated,
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” The federal government is
certainly following that advice.

Compared to the very realistic threat of
acquiring a superbug infection such as MRSA, the threat of Ebola pales in
comparison.

Nevertheless, should Ebola ever become an actual threat in
this country the DOD report described above gives us some very good hope that
colloidal silver could be a bona-fide first-line of defense if used quickly
enough at 10 ppm concentration, and in very small particle size.

·To learn more about why it’s so important to
utilize the smallest colloidal silver particles possible for maximum
effectiveness, rather than high concentrations of colloidal silver, see the
article “Why Higher PPM Is Not
Always Better.”

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Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience
writing professionally about natural health topics. He is not
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journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of
journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage. Therefore, the information and data presented
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